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A fan holds up a sign for Tim Tebow during the game against the Arizone Cardinals. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

So Tim Tebow finally got the start that a large portion of Broncos’ fandom has been clamoring for. As another writer here at BroncoTalk would say, “It’s finally Tebow Time!” So what did Tim Tebow do with chapter 1 of Tebow Time?
Well, to start with, he took a page from Moses’ playbook and parted the Black Sea. On his 40 yard touchdown run that turned out to be a broken play, he ran through a sea of black jerseys, protected by his magical powers. Like Moses’ parting of the Red Sea, though, that trick only worked once.

He also exhibited his mind control powers and, from the sidelines, caused Darren McFadden to actually hand the ball off to a Broncos player rather than whoever the playcall told him to. Thus it was that an early turnover that really helped provide some momentum for the Broncos.

He kneeled and prayed next to an injured Raiders’ player. This may not seem like a super power, but actually caring for the health and well-being of an Oakland Raider? You’ve seen these two teams duke it out. Lesser men would’ve been howling in a blood-rage at the scent of a fresh kill.

He did throw the ball a few times, though not very many, and he did manage to throw pretty well. He also proved that Brandon Lloyd‘s resurgence isn’t just about luck or timing or Kyle Orton. Lloyd made some sensational catches out there, and was clearly Tebow’s favorite and best target. Eddie Royal, however, didn’t seem to actually be in the game. All in all, though, he made the offense look credible.

Despite his super powers allowing him to turn water into wine (albeit, not a nice french wine but more like Two Buck Chuck), it was unable to actually turn a steaming pile of crap into gold: Denver’s defense still stank like a port-a-potty at a construction site and gave up several embarrassing plays to allow the Raiders to score long touchdowns. Jacoby Ford got a 71 yard touchdown on an end-around, and Marcel Reese caught a seventy three yard pass and apparently had covered his uniform with teflon, since any Bronco that touched him slid off his jersey like accusations of sexual misconduct against your favored politician.

Also, his super powers did not extend to other players on the offense. For example, instead of flying through the defensive line leaving bodies on the ground like bowling pins, Correll Buckhalter was tackled in the backfield for a safety. Knowshon Moreno was also forced to take his customary position on the “Injured players please sit here” bench, and Tebow was unable to lay-on-hands and allow him to return to the game.

Most of all, though, the conservative game plan didn’t really give us a chance to see what Tebow Time has in store for the future. It told us that yes, Tebow can actually throw the ball. And yes, Tebow can run the ball. But can he make good decisions? Can he carry this team on his shoulders, one grueling step at a time toward the endzone, inch by bloody inch, like John Elway carried the Broncos for 12 of his 16 seasons. Or more closely paralleled, like Atlas still carries the world on his shoulders today?

Time will tell. I asked a magic 8-ball today and it said: Reply hazy, try again later. I was sure Tim Tebow’s control of probability would manipulate that into “without a doubt,” but I was wrong. Unless maybe Tim Tebow wants me not to believe. That’s the problem with mind control. Once you know somebody can do it, you can never trust your own thoughts any more!

To be honest, I’ve never been a Tim Tebow fan. And while I do jest about the magic powers of Tim Tebow, to hear fandom you’d think that I’m actually underrating him. That said, I do join the legions of Broncos’ fandom that want to see what Tim Tebow has to offer. As far as I’m concerned, the next two games should be his audition. Do the Broncos pin their future on him, or do they go for Andrew Luck in the draft? Right now the Broncos are staring the #2 pick in the eye and Carolina doesn’t have that #1 pick completely locked yet. If it really is Tebow Time now is the best time to find out if we’ll be pinning our hopes on Tebow, or if we’ll be pinning tails on the Donkeys.

crazykid

Tebow looked awesome out there. The offensive line though was another story. We draft Patrick Peterson in the first round to replace Champ Bailey and Cox.We draft Camerion Hayward or Jared Crick w/ our 2nd round pick. We need to upgrade the D-line with young talent urgently. Then with Miami's pick, we draft Jerrell Powe to replace Jamal Williams.In the 3rd round, we draft Noel Devine, Quan Sturdivant, or Sione Fua. Noel Devine would be an explosive speed back to compliment Knowshon.Quan S. would be a stud ILB that we would steal in the 3rd round.Sione Fua is another underrated D-Lineman that could contribute immediately.

JJ

Moses parted the RED sea

i miss brendan ryan's mustache

pretty sure he was referring to the black jerseys oakland tends to wear…

Geoffhull03

I want nick fairley

http://ehalseymiles.com E. Halsey Miles

Yes but the Raiders wear Black and Tebow didn't get to play against Arizona so I had to abuse the joke. It's poetic license. Or just audience abuse. You decide.

slkdjfod

chill with the moses and lord all mighty talk. idolizers go to hell.

TheTroglodyte

You didn't capitalize “Lord” and now you might be going to hell too haha

http://ehalseymiles.com E. Halsey Miles

Also, I even said that in the article:

“Like Moses’ parting of the Red Sea, though, that trick only worked once.”

slkdjfod

ah shit

njbronco

faders go to hell… broncos go to valhalla

http://ehalseymiles.com E. Halsey Miles

You mean blasphemers. Idolizers worship idols. You know, statues and stuff. Blasphemers take the Lord's name irreverently and in vain.

well Tebow didn't suck. this is the first time i've seen tebow – never seen him play college football – and i was impressed by some of the stuff he does. having not seen many left handers play QB i'm not even going to pretend that I can dissect his throwing motion but some of hid throws did spend a long time in the air.

i'm impressed enough to want to see him again. I did watch some of the Philly game before the Broncos and will offer up Michael Vick as a role model for Tebow, obviously for his football skills and not his pet owning habits

anthony33

Tebow did okay, nothing great, but enough to silence a few of the crtitics.

There will be a lot of criticism today about the game plan being too conservative. It was conservative, but I am good with that. At this point the goal needs to be to let Tebow develop. Easing him into this thing and that is the right way to do it. Don't put him in a situation where he has no chance. I suspect will will see a lot more next week on the home field.

It's obvious he has a long way to go. It's also obvious the kid is special.

Hopefully Ellis and Bowlen are spending every waking moment looking for and getting good advice in their search for a GM and head coach. With the strong possibility of having the second pick in the draft, and potentially the number one pick, they need to be ready to go immediatley after the season to allow time to evaluate needs.

anthony33

Here is the difference between Tebow and Orton.

3rd and 24. Shotgun formation with a running play called. Busted play, what happens.

For Orton the first thing that happens is panic sets in. He stutter steps around for a couple of seconds and goes down on his own or is buried by the rush which has had sufficient time to recact. Five to ten yard loss, 4th and 30… punt.

For Tebow (yesterday), same situation, his first instinct is what? HEAD FOR THE FRICKIN' END ZONE.

There's your difference. A touchdown vs. a punt.

MrEast

I love the talent, hate the attitude. He's like Albert Haynesworth 2.0

kerry

WHAT?! Tebow did not look awesome. his mechanics are a joke. floater pass after floater pass. horrible footwork and the ball takes forever to leave his hand. but year he ran for a 40 yard TD. so what? one lucky TD pass and a long run and he looked awesome? come on. stop grasping for straws. he didnt show a anything that we didnt already know.

1. Bad Footwork2. throwing motion is slow3. is a run first, throw second QB.4. cant read a defense5. has good leadership abilities (that doesnt equal talent by the way)6 can shrug off defenders7. throws floater passes

can you dispute any of this? no so dont even try.

flbronc

but we were two for twelve on third down overall. one great play and ten failed conversions. I am not going to go back and do the math on it, but i think that Orton has better than a 16% third down conversion rate.

i will admit, that play by itself was pretty impressive though.

http://www.broncotalk.net Josh Temple

I love have you conveniently left out the pass Ball dropped that hit him square in the hands.

The Mascot Army

Amazing that all those “floater passes” werent picked off, and they werent picked off in college either.

You're a parrot who didnt get the memo that the Tebow bashing experts are all backing off their “he cant hang with the big boys” predictions.

TheTroglodyte

Considering that 9 of those 12 3rd downs were 8 yards are more because we wouldn't let the kid pass on 1st or second down, that stat can be pretty much thrown out of the window.

The coaches were told to tank the game and up are draft pick. There is NO WAY we continue to call 2 runs in a row on every single possession otherwise, especially when we were losing in the 4th.

flbronc

didnt mean to like, meant to hit reply… sorry.

i dont think the coaches were told to tank the game. i think the coaches we currently have are incapable of calling a game effectively. that is what usually happens when the yes men take over.

kerry

i dont need to bring it up. ball dropped it. it wasnt Tebows fault.

kerry

actually the prediction is he wont be a great NFL QB. and so far NOBODY is backing off of it. but thats ok, a new coach will come in next year and get his own guy and the whole “Tebow is our savior because he ran for a 40 yard TD” non-sense will be over.

http://www.broncotalk.net Josh Temple

It wasn't Tebow's fault, but it should've been another touchdown and a fine looking pass at that.

anthony33

You must have gotten beat up a lot as a child.

Opp

What a joke! The Broncos were actually in this game until the end of the 3rd quarter. They even had the lead for a while. Hmm that has not happened much this year. You need to go suck an egg. You already have a disappointing attitude. I definitely would not want you on my team. It seems he set NFL records in his first start, hmm, did not see that in your notes. He ran better than anyone else on the team, on a broken play. Passer rating over 100, which was better than John Elway, did not see you mention that. Completed 50% of his passes inspite of your so called short comings. Cant read a defense, what an idiotic statement. You have no idea what you are talking about. All the rest of us dont know either That page has not even been turned. personally i hope that all you haters suffer electric shock when he succeeds There is no reason for hating the way you do, he has not had a chance to play. Once he does than you can offer your shallow opinion. Until then be quiet

Opp

I cant agree with you more. Either that or Studesville does not know how to call plays. The calls were extremely disappointing. Not sure what he is doing but hopefully we will get a Coach like John Gruden that has led and won on the big stage. Maybe they could get Tony Dungy to come out of retirement.

Opp

Yep, kerry must have.

Opp

What a joke! The Broncos were actually in this game until the end of the 3rd quarter. They even had the lead for a while. Hmm that has not happened much this year. You need to go suck an egg. You already have a disappointing attitude. I definitely would not want you on my team. It seems he set NFL records in his first start, hmm, did not see that in your notes. He ran better than anyone else on the team, on a broken play. Passer rating over 100, which was better than John Elway, did not see you mention that. Completed 50% of his passes inspite of your so called short comings. Cant read a defense, what an idiotic statement. You have no idea what you are talking about. All the rest of us dont know either That page has not even been turned. personally i hope that all you haters suffer electric shock when he succeeds There is no reason for hating the way you do, he has not had a chance to play. Once he does than you can offer your shallow opinion. Until then be quiet

Opp

I cant agree with you more. Either that or Studesville does not know how to call plays. The calls were extremely disappointing. Not sure what he is doing but hopefully we will get a Coach like John Gruden that has led and won on the big stage. Maybe they could get Tony Dungy to come out of retirement.